As I reported on an earlier occasion, the leaking oil pan and rear main seal
in my '59 Sport Fury 318 was repaired, but the repair triggered a leak in
the front seal of my Torqueflite.
The front seal was repaired (along with the replacement of some other parts)
by pulling the transmission -- and now the transmission no longer leaks.
>From there.
I seem to now have a minor leak from the adapter housing, where the push
button shift control cable enters it. It appears to be coming from a
lockdown disc that has a single bolt through it into the housing. The plate
itself is much larger than the mating surface of the housing, and has
several holes drilled around its periphery. When I look in the '57-'58
service manual, I see no such plate in any of the pictures of the housing.
The '59 supplement has no pictures of the housing.
What's the likely culprit here? Is there a seal behind this plate that's
likely hardened and leaking? Should there be more than one bolt in this
plate?! If anyone has an explosion diagram of this part of the assembly,
I'd like to see it...
Maybe it's time to try John William's brake fluid trick?!
Dan
'59 Sport Fury
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